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SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows college students and faculty to access a wide diversity of research from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more!

Product Overview

With a single source, you can explore scientific information in journal and patent literature from around the world:

  • References from more than 10,000 currently published journals and patents from more than 60 patent authorities

  • Important scientific discoveries from the present to the mid-1800s

  • The latest scientific breakthroughs almost as soon as they are published with references added daily and some patent information as recent as 2 days ago

  • The world's largest collection of organic and inorganic substance information


  • Explore:

    Scientific principles, how they evolve as new discoveries are made, and how these principles transcend traditional scientific disciplines

    A wealth of information for more than 51 million organic and inorganic substances
  • By chemical structures or biological sequences

  • By substructures or reactions

  • By research topic, author, company, or substance name


  • SciFinder prepares students for the workplace where SciFinder is used in companies throughout the world.

    Content at a Glance

  • More than 22 million single- and multi-step reactions

  • More than 2 billion predicted and experimental properties

  • The CAS REGISTRYSM database - the original source and final authority for CAS Registry Numbers - updated daily

  • All patent records, meeting CAS selection criteria, from 9 of the major patent offices are available online within 2 days of the patents' issuance

  • Sequences combined from CAS and GenBank databases, which are indexed and linked to scientific journal and patent literature


  • Number of users allowed


    Scifinder allows an unlimited number of concurrent users

    Further help


    e-seminars, guides and strategies